Cash-carrier apparatus.



No. 851,344. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907;

D. E. CHISM.

CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28,1906.

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No. 851,344. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

' n. B. CHISM.

CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1906.

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' in. 851,344. PATENTBD APR. 23, 1907.

- D. R. GHISM.

CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1906.

A M 5? 15 1 WAR/ i No. 851,344. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

D. E. CHISM.

CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 1906,

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No. 851,844. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

' D. E. CHISM.

CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1906.

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DAVID E. CHIS, OFSTAFFORD SPRINGS, CONNECTICUT.

CASH-CARRIER APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latenteo April 23, 1907.

Application filed May 28,1906. Serial No 319,111.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that 1, 'DAVID E. CHISM, a citi zen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Stafford S rings, in the county of Tollandand State Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cash-Carr'ier Apparatuses, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Thisinvention relates to im rovements in cashcarrier apparatuses of a"1nd 1n which the cash box is supported and guided along suitabletrackways therefor, and propelled by an endless cable, and is generallyfor the improvement of a cash carrier having the characteristics shownand described in Letters Patent of the United States granted to'Chamberlain, Chism and Cooper, Nov. -5,

and to me, granted May 1901, No. 685,740, to Chamberlain and Chismgranted August 8, 1905, No. 796,808, 22, 1906, No. 820,955,-the type ofcash box employed being shown in Letters Patent granted tome March 15,1904,.

The ob'ects of the invention are: to impiove the construction of thesuppbrting ackets or fixtures for the cable guiding Wheels at the homestationfwhercby the j mounting of such fixtures for any given number ofpairs of sending and receiving trackways and cable guiding wheelscorresponding thereto may be set up and maintained in an easy, practicaland accurate manner, and whereby such fixtures at the home station willhave a sightly appearance; and in con nection with such home stationfixtures, the improved cable guards are provided adjacent the cableguiding wheels or sheaves; and the terminals of the receiving trackwaysare made so that a cash box. coming thereto from a clerk station will beretained thercat withp out liability of accidental displacement, al-

though the receiving track terminals are constructed in such a manncrasto permit, easily, the purposed taking out of the cash box; to provideappliances and means of connection whereby tubular portions of the trackmay I 'vided at the opposite sides of the slot way so.

that thecash ox will run along without liability of transverse swaying potion .so that the engagement between the cash box head and the cablemay not be disturbed, and so that the cash box in coming to a switchtherefor will be, with greater certainty, in its roper position toreceive the engagement, liy the switching tongue, with the switch tongueengaging portion of the box; to improve the construction of thecomparatively short branch track section included at a track stationwith respect to the provisions'whereby the cash box coming thereto isretained against displacement, and yet is capable of being positivelywithdrawn by the clerk, so that the clerk: stations may be made uwithout regard 0 rights and lofts wierebv they may be installed in anysituation still leaving it possible, and fully as convenient, for theclerk to withdraw the cash box from one side as from the other; toimprove the corner,constructions,that is the ortions of the cash carrierapparatus rovic ed for the support of a comparatively arge cable guidingwheel, such supporting constructions having the form of scctionally madecastings, which when assembled and united form supports for the journalaxle of the wheel and tubular trackway sections at right angles andadjacent the wheel with a suitably positioned slotway in such tubulartrack sections for the accommodation and free running of the neck of thecash box; and generally to improve and simplify the constructions andthe making of them to conform to mechanicaland workmanlike principles.And to these ends the invention consists in constructions and formationsof parts, and combinations and arrangements of parts all substantiallyas hereinafter fully described and set forth in the claims.

The present improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in \Vl)l0l1,-

Figure lis a side elevation of the portion of the cash carrier apparatusincluding the home station at which the cash containing boxes arereceived, and from which they are sent, a corner construction in onedouble line of track, and a clerk station connected by a branch with oneof the sending trackways. Fig. 2 is a side e evation on a larger scaleshowing the supporting structure in stacked form for two pairs oftrackways and for the cable guiding sheaves orwhcels' near but forwardlyof the rear ends of the trackways.

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of one-of the sending trackways showing anindicating number tlIQrf0If. Fig. .4 isaplan vieivof the under aroundwhich the endless carrier cables are side of the rear end portion ofone'of the receiving trackways. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the partsshown in Fig. 2, and as seen at right angles thereto,'and as viewed fromthe forward thereof, the trackways being shown in cross section and onepair thereof being of a modified construction. Fig. 6 is a plan view ofFig. 2. Fig 7 is a perspective view showinga portion of a pair of rodformed trackways, and the device for uniting two rods of one of thetracks Fig. 8 is a side elevation of intermediate portions of sendingand return tracks together with a clerk station connected with andbranched from the sending trackway. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the underside. ofthe portions of the several trackways shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10is a cross sectional view as taken on the line 1010, Fig. 8, andincluding a bracket in elevation and understood as having its positionremote from the branch. Fig. 11 is a cross sectionalview, on a largerscale, as taken imlinel111,Fig. 8. Fig. 12is a perspective viewshowingthe sectionally made and separable parts of a corner construction inseparated relations. Fig. 13 is an elevation as seen at the right handend of Fig. 12, the. arts being in their assembled relations. igs. l4and'15 are somewhat similar end views to be hereinafter referred to."Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all'ofthe views.

In the drawings,-A represents a cashiers or home station comprising asuitable deskor table a secured on which is ,a base plate 5 havingformed as one therewith, or attached thereto, a post or round standard(Z which is entirely firm in its anchorage to the table.

B and C, and B 'and C are two pairs of trackway terminals, those B and Bbeing for the sending trackways and the terminals C and C are for thereturn or receiving trackways, all thereof tern'iinating at thehomestation A, the ends of the sending trackways being in the same verticalline, while the extremities of the receiving trackways are extendedbeyond the ends. ol the sending trackways.v

D an l D each represent a double bracket frame lor the support. of thetwo pairs of trackway terminals, for the sheaves 1U, 11, 12, and 13which have their locations slightly I forward f the rear ends of thetracks and guided, and also for the support of the adustable cableguards 20, 21, 22 and 23. lflach bracket frame I) or l)" comprises threeaxially aligned hubs or collars 15, 16 and 17, for sliding [it about thepost (1, more or less Q ol such apcrturod hubs being penetrated by setscrews 18 whereby the l'rames are 1 bound to the post and hold so thatthey may j neither be displaced from their properly adjustcd positionsvertically or rotationally.

The yokes e and f of each bracket frame are set at opposite. sides ofthe axis of the boss, and one above the other, as most clearlyrepresented in Figs. 5 and 6,the bottom member of the upper yoke beingat or about the level of the top member of the lower yoke, theintermediate apertured hub 16 forming connection or strengthening bracebetween the two yokes.

The sheaves or guide wheels 10, 11, 12, and 13, are mounted for rotationon axes oblique to the trackway lines, are arranged with peripheralportions thereof in proximity or coincident with the lines of run of thecables within or along the trackways, and are slotted to guide the cordfrom and into lines Etransversely offset from the traokway lines wherebythe trackway terminals may have their locations rearwardly beyond thepositions of the said guide wheels.

The positioning and oblique arrangement of the guide wheels has beenillustrated and described in my former patent of May 22, 1906, but inthat patent the stack of track ,and sheave supports was built up by eachrelatively upper support having connection with, and sustained by, thenext one therebelow; but in the present case these supports are fittedabout and have set screw connec-' tions adjustable with a common,n'ei'erably cylindrical, post, and while generally one set of bracketframes will be superimposed on another, the frames may be mounted asoecasion may sometimes require, or render more at ivantagcous, with thebottom of one consia'ierably above the top of another.

"I he upper portions 10 of the several yokes c and f are horizontallyHlOliOd for the connection thereat oi the plates L5, oi the cable guards20, 21, etc., the inclimition oi the lower wheel Him 12 of the severalsets o'l guide wheels being such that there. is .no

tendency for the (able to run o'll' only at one. 'eoge of the. wheel,single guards only being provided -For such wheels, while the otherwheels 11 and 13 being mounted for rotation in vertical planes (oblique,however, to a vertical plane longitudinally and median of the severaltrackways), and therc being liability that the cable. might runfofi' ateither ed e of the wheels, the cable gulards 21 and 23 are. made withdouble guard members, as more. clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and 'thememher or members oi" each oi the guards is integrally formed with itsattachment plate 25 which has screw holes 26, as, for receiving, withscrew llll'ttd engagements therein, the confining screws, the shanks ofwhich are exteinieai throu h the slots 27 ZULI the to) members I!) o'l'the yokes, while the heads ol" fiillJ screws are lirnaly set against thesides of the yoke members. 7

By loosening the set screws and slightly sliding the guards, the lattermay have their most suitable positions in proximity to, but

mont members 32, 32, 'bei,ng provided through which confining screws 33may be assoc Wl tli enqa ements into the trackwav v r .l

terminals.

F represents the cabledriv'ing drum at the homo station, the same beingsupported for rotation in suitable bearingsunder the desk or table a;and G represents, one of the endless cables the same passing from aroundthe drum upwardly around the guide wheel 1]., thence through. an openingin the top of the track terminal B and outwardly proceeding to the otherend of the cash carrier system having-its return course back along there- ,ceivin vtrackwav and assing throu h an b a F opening in the upperpart of the terminal C around the guide wheel and back around thedriving drum F; and the cable G-'-.similarly pas'ses from the drum uwardly through thetable around the guide "w ieel 13 to within theterminal B of the upper sending-trackway, returning through and emergingirom the terminal 0 thence around theguide wheel 12 and back to thedriving drum F.

The cash box H has the longitudinally extending thin neck 38 between itsbody and its a )proximately cylindrical head 39. which has t clongitudinal sinuous channel 83 therein for engagement with the cable inthe manner heretofore commonly practiced, and as set forth in theaforementioned patents.

The terminals of the portionsof the trackwaysC and C located at the'homostation,

supported as described, and extending rear wardly beyond the rear endsof the sending trackway terminals are made as represented inFigS. 2 and4, that is the terminal is somewhat onlarged'at its rear end, has a rearend wall 4-0, a transverse aperture -12 thercthrough, an o ening 43atits bottom, the rear portion 4-1 of which is of an obtuse \l-shapc whilethe under longitudinal slotway 45 of the tubular track terminal C or Cleads to, and ends at, the aperture 43, and at its unction therewith itis rearwardly divergent, as shown at 46.

41. represents a butler of rubber or other suitable material at the rearend wall 4.0. The cash Lox returning to the home station ;'as propelledthereto by the cable, will, after leaving the cable at the pointadjacent the guide wheel, proceed by momentum through the rearwardlyextended part of the track terminal, and will be arrested by contactagainst the buil'eral'i and will remain in the osition as represented inthe lower right liand portion of Sheet 2 of the drawings in readiness tobe removed.

- The removal of the cash box will be by manually imparting thereto asidowisc swinging movement and then rearwardly sliding movement whilethe box may be Withdrawn The trackway terminals B, B, and 0, C arepreferably made in the form of tubular castings, and the trackwaysforwardlyin'continuation thereof may be of the well known tubularunder-slotted form, as represented at B C in Fig. 1 and the lowerportions of Figs. 2 and 5, or the traekways may be of the double rod orrail form, as represented at B and C at the upper portions of Figs. 2and 5, and in Figs. 6 and 7. v

In some cases the tubular form of trackway is to be preferred, but inothers where: lessened cdst is a consideration, the rod form may beused.

l/Vhere the tubular under-slotted trackways are employed the endsthereof in connection with the terminals, as B and C, are telescopedinto the forward end portions of the terminals, as shown, and held byfriction. or additionally by having burrs or teats 47 which may becrowded or snapped into sockets 48 in thetcrminal sections, as shown inFig. 2, and also substantially as shown, in a coupled intermediateportion of the return trackway shown in Fig. 8 in which latter View theteats or lurrs 47 produced by indenting or outwardly forcing the metalof the tulcing, have engagements in the small perforations or sockets 48in the sleeve coupling 50 which is employedfor uniting two sections ofthe tubular track. I

The track terminals may most advantageously be made in the form ofcastings to be sidewise adjoined and held together by the connectingscrews 51, passed through upstanding and matching ear pieces 52-and bythe attachment .pieces 32 and confining screws 33 of the yokes ofthebracket frames.

Where paired,- parallel track rods are'employed their extremities areoverlapped along the under sides of thetuLular terminal castings atoppositesides of the slotway', such castings having formations adaptedthereto and are retained by nearly circular clips55' which emt race theterminal castings and are conne ted to therods by pins or rivets 56.

At i'll'orent places along the length of the rod-formed trackway twopairs of tracks are united by tie brackctd 57 made with parallelseparated horizontal attachment lugs 58 which are pinned or rivctcd tothetrack rods, and the rods ofa given double track are, furthermore,united at suitable intervals by nearly circular or arched ties 59, whichare also, by suitable connections as pins, rivets or screws, attached tothe rods. r

J represents a branch of the sending trackway for a clerk station. the'same-havin in its under side: an opening 60 for the w thdrawal of thecash -box. A pair of frames 62, 62-, are pivotally mounted 'on a pivotrod 63 of upstanding ear lugs (54 formed on orattached to the upperportion of the branch trackway, a spiral spring being coiled around thepivot while the opposite extremh ties thereof have yielding hearings onthe opposite frames to keep them normally in their closed positions.-andthat is, with the inner surfaces of their bar like members within theopposite edges of the opening 60 but still somewhat separated as shownin Fig. 9 and by full lines in Fig. 11, to leave free way for the cashbox lltt'k, but to support the cash box head.

The cash box coming into the branch may,

by being grasped by the hand and positioned with the ends of its head 39within the ends of the opening 60, be drawn downwardly and out from thebranch trackway, the (losing devices 62, 6'2, yielding indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. 11; and with the clerk station branch provided witha device of this cha 'acter, it is immaterial at which side of thebranch the person stands, and portions of cash carriers including clerkstations may be made up in large numbers without reference to right orleft hand positions in inst allation, and for as great conveniepce ofuse in right hand stations as in left hand stations.

An exampleof a corner construction is shown in perspective in Fig. 12,the const ituent parts thereof being shown in separated rclat ions. Thisparticular corner is well known as a lower vertical plumbcorner, and theparts which support the ct'nnparatively large cable guiding wheel L haveportions ot' the trackways connected thereto generally at right anglesto each other, as well known, and to some extent indi ated in Fig. '1.This corner onstruction is shown as consisting of scparatcd complcmcntalsections comprising opporitc quadrant :zl port ions and 70", and endwisecontinued partially tubular port ions 72, 72, in which the curvedrettions are merged, such sections 72 and 72 For each section beingstraight as to their lengths and right angulrr to cat-h other. and the chave formed as one, or (Ulltitl ted therewith. the axle. supporting bratcs 72- and 73 obliquely arranged relatively to the anguhtrly di po cdend portions of the said rtt tions. The scctions are preferably made asastings. and the oblique brat cs are integrally cast with the portions7t), 7;, etc, :1 nd they are outwardly oll'rct, as indicated at T4 togive ample space betwecn them for the cable guiding wheel, the hub ofwhich is ('t l\ itlttfz1l )l elongated. as shown. 75 rcprc cnts thc axlesupported by, andallixcd to the braces, and on which the cable guidingwheel loosely rotates. Said angnhirly dirposcd end port ions 72, 72 ofthe separable castings have edgcwiso located matching perforated carlugs or members To, 77, through which ta tcnings, as rivets or screws,are employed for rigidly uniting the sections of the corner mnstruction.The

can be made, may be comprised in the aforementioned braces, as clearlyindicated by the drawings. 1

In some cases where the corner constructions are for top plumb cornersor horizontal corners where the slotway 45 or opening *for the neck ofthe cash box is at the side of the wheel, and transverse to the plane ofrotation of the wheel instead of coincident or parallel therewith, aspossible for a lower vertical cornor, the corner constructionsmaybe madeup of three sectional castings, 70, 70, and 70 cross sectionallyindicated in Fig. 15.

bottom slotway is, as shown in several of the figures, made with oposite parallel continuous lon itudinally epending lips to giveincreased height of the opposite Walls of the slotway whereby the flatneck of a cash box may be engaged along wider portions of its oppositesurfaces, and whereby conse-. quently the box in its traveling movementside to side; and the cash box by being eonstrained to run more evenlywill be without tendency to loosen its engagement with the propulsioncable, and, as more especially im portant, will on its approach toaswitch be maintained in its proper position to impinge against. theswitch therefor, that its course it is intended to go.

I claim 1. In a cash carrier apparatusthe combination with a post, aplurality of bracketframes supported one above another by said )ost,track terminals, su ported by said racket frames, and abc-guiglirg-wheels supported by said frames, and located adjacent tointermediate portions of said track terminals. 5 X 2. In a cash carrierapparatus the combination with a cylindrica post,'a plurality oflirackct-l'ramcs, each having an apertured hub, such hubs of the severalbracket frames embracing the post, one above another, and set screwsengaged through said-hubs and binding them to the post, track-terminalssupported by said bracket frames, and cableguiding-whcels supported bysaid frames,

tions ot said track terminals.

3. In a cash carrier apparatus the combination with a post, a pluralityof brackettramcs each comprising integrally formed upper and lower, andoppositely located yokcs, and having at their inner edges the\'(lil('t\ll axially aligned apertured hubs, and the binding screwstherefor, said frames, by means of their said hubs embracing, and

post, track terminals, supported by said bracket frames, and cab c-"tndmwheels member 77, by means of which attachments The trackway tubinghaving the median and h. aucd adjacent to intermediate porbcing secured,one above another on said" will have lessened possibility of swayingfrom Y may be diverted to the clerk station to which Supported bysaidframes, and located adj a- "cent-to intermediate portions of saidtrackterminals'.

; 4.-In.a cash'carrier apparatus the combi- --na-tion wittt a post, aplurality of bracket- -frames eaclrfor a pair of traekway terminals iiiSuppOItGCl one above another-by said post,

and located adjacent to'interniediate portions of said track terminals.

5. In a cash carrier apparatus the combination with a post, a pluralityof bracket frames each for a pair of trackway terminals supported oneabove another by said post, and each comprising upper and lower yokesone edgewise oilsetfroin the other, the bottom member of one yoke beingat the same level with .the top of the other yoke, and havingbetween'thein the apertu'red hub 16 and the upper and lower yokes beingprovided with the apertured hubs 17 and 15 which with the one 16 arevertically axially aligned, and set screws for binding said hubs to thepost, track terminals, supported in pairs respectively by said bracketframes, an d cableguiding-wheels supported by said frames, and locatedadjacent to intermediate portions of said track terminals.

6. In a cash carrier apparatusa tubular terminal ortion of a receivin orreturn trackway aving an underneath Iongitudin al slotway, a rear endstop, a side opening, and a bottom recess merging in the side 0 )eningand with t-he forward end of which the slot connects,

7. Ina cash carrier apparatus a tubular terminal ortion of a receivingor return trackway aving an underneath longitudinal I slotway, a rearendvstop, opposite side openings, and a recess merging in the side 0ening and with the forward end of which t e slot connects. I

8. In a cash carrier apparatus a tubular terminal portion of a trackwayhaving an underneath longitudinal slotway, a rear end stop consisting ofa yielding butler and having a side opening and a widened bottom recessmerging in the side opening and with the forward end' of wliichtheslotway connects.

9. In a-cash carrier apparatus a tubular terminal portion of a traeku'ayhaving an under longitudinal slotway, a rear end stop, a side opening,and a widened bottom reeess merging in the side 0 cning and, theboundaries of theslotway eing divergent at the. junctionof such slotwaywith the said bottom: recess.

It). In a cash;carrier apparatus a tubular terminal portion of atrackway having an under longitudinal slotway, opposite side openings,and a widened bottom recess merging in theside opening and, theboundaries of the slotway being diver'ent at the junction of suchslotway with t c said bottom recess, and said trackway having, a. bottomortion to the rear of said bottom recess whic is of a forwardly directedV shape.

11. In a cash carrier apparatus, the combination with atubular terminalportion of a trackway having an underneath longitudinal slotway, a rearend stop, aside'opening, and a widened bottom recess mer in the sideopening and with the forwar end of which ing a body, a horizontallongitudinally ranging substantially cylindrical head, and a flatlongitudinally ranging neck connecting the body and head.

12. In a cash carrier apparatus, the combination with a tubular portionof a trackway having an under longitudinal slotway, a rear end stopincluding a butter, and having opposite side openings, and a widenedbottom recess, the boundaries of the slotway being divergent at thejunction of such slotway with the said bottom recess, and said trackwayterminal having a bottom ortion to the rear of said bottom recess whichis of a forwardly directed V shape, of a cash box comprising a body, ahorizontal longitudinally ran ing substantially cylindrical head, and aflat ongitudinally ranging neck connecting the body and head.

13, In 'a cash carrier apparatus, the combination with a tubularmetallic trackway having an underside continuous longitudinal slotwayand having the metal at the. opposite sides of the slotwav down turned,ini nu'ting increased height of wall surface for the slot,

bular trackway, and a cash box comprising an approximately cylindricallongitudinally grooved head,for dis iosition in the trackway and to beengaged by the eable,a body below the head, and a thin verticallongitudithe widened walls of the slotway.

14. In a cash carrier apparatus, the combination with a clerk stationbranch trackway of underslotted, tubular, form, and having a widenedaperture at its bottom intersected by the sl ot,-oi': oppositely locateddevices for contracting the width of said a ertui'e, normally havingtheir edges approae iod but separated from each other at opposite sidesof the line of slotway,.and adapted to yield oppositely and outwardly.

15. In a cash carrier apparatus, the combination with a clerk stationbranch trackway of -underslotted, tubular, form, and having in anintern'iediiite portion thereof a widened aperture at its bottomintersected E by the slot,-oi" oppositely located frames l pivot allymounted on tlietrackway and comi prising members ex. iidiiig partiallyacross,

the slotway connects, of a cash box comprisof a propulsion cable runningwithin the tunally ranging neck connecting the body with the head andadapted for guidance between f Y r 851,344

for a cash carrier apparatus, separable com pleinental sectionscomprising opposite uadrantal portions, and endwise continue partiallytubular portions into Which the curved and for contracting the saidaperture, and a spring for-yieldingly maintaining said frames in theirapproached relations.

16. In a cash carrier apparatus, the com bination with a clerk stationtrackway of tubular, underslotted, form, and having in an intermediateportion thereof a Wid ened aperture at its bottom intersected by saidslot, and having at its upper'portion at the location of said apertureupstanding ear lugs, of oppositely located curved frames pivotallyconnected to said ear lugs and comprising lower bar-like members havingtheir positions normally across and for contracting, l the saidaperture, and a spring for imparting a yielding closing pressure to saidframes.

17. In a guide-Wheel corner-construction ence of two subscribingWitnesses,

DAVID E. CHISM.

Witnesses WM. S. BnLLows,

G. R. DRISCOLL.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mass, in pressections are merged, havingtheir lengths an-

